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There are three types to this trope: </p><p><ol ><li> When a character announces something he is about to do, much to the surprise of everyone else. Very often, it's a very indirect, off-hand remark, an unnatural segue in the conversation. Bonus points if the confusing line is also mumbled. Example:<span class="notelabel" onclick="togglenote('note0ztt6');"><sup>note </sup></span><span id="note0ztt6" class="inlinefolder" isnote="true" onclick="togglenote('note0ztt6');" style="cursor:pointer;font-size:smaller;display:none;">Edited for space.</span> <div class='indent'><em>[The Master puts on a facial gas mask]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Albert Dumfries:</strong> Excuse me, Prime Minister, but do you mind my asking, what is that?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>The Master:</strong> It's a gas mask.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Albert Dumfries:</strong> Yes, but why are you wearing it?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>The Master:</strong> Well, because of the gas.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Albert Dumfries:</strong> What gas?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>The Master:</strong> <em>[leans back in his chair]</em> This gas.<br data-format="\\" /><em>[the speakers on the two table phones pop up and immediately spray toxic gas around the room]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Albert Dumfries:</strong> <em>[sputtering]</em> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YoureInsane' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YoureInsane' data-format='W1tZb3VyZUluc2FuZSBZT1UmIzAzOTtSRSBJTlNBTkVdXQ=='>YOU'RE INSANE</a>! <em>[drops dead on the table]</em> <div class='indent'>— <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DoctorWho' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DoctorWho' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RvY3Rvcldobw=='>Doctor Who</a></em>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG9TMjlFMTJUaGVTb3VuZE9mRHJ1bXMgIlRoZSBTb3VuZCBvZiBEcnVtcyJdXQ=='>"The Sound of Drums"</a> </div></div></p><p><dl ><dt></dt><dd> This might also happen when the person says something, realizes afterwards it isn't true, and then makes steps to fix it<span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>:</span> <div class='indent'><strong>Swamp King:</strong> For, since the tragic death of her father—<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Courtier:</strong> <em>[tending to said father]</em> He's not quite dead!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Swamp King:</strong> Since the near fatal wounding of her father—<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Courtier:</strong> He's getting better!<br data-format="\\" /><em>[the Swamp King nods to one of his guards, who draws his sword, walks over to the father, and stabs him in the chest]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Swamp King:</strong> For since her own father who, when he seemed about to recover, suddenly felt the cold hand of death upon him. </div><div class='indent'>— <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail' data-format='RmlsbS9Nb250eVB5dGhvbkFuZFRoZUhvbHlHcmFpbA=='>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</a></em> </div></dd></dl></p><p></li><li> A character pulls a weapon or insult on another character. The attacked shrugs it off, quips something like "How will you do that with a broken sword?" and promptly snaps the sword in half. <div class='indent'><strong>Gandalf:</strong> Saruman, your staff is broken!<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Saruman's staff is firmly in his hands... then suddenly, <strong>Kerboom!</strong> it goes.]</em> <div class='indent'>— <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVMb3JkT2ZUaGVSaW5nc1RoZVJldHVybk9mVGhlS2luZw=='>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</a></em> </div></div></p><p><dl ><dt></dt><dd> Specific subtrope<span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>:</span> Character is pulled over by a sheriff<span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>:</span> <div class='indent'><strong>Guy:</strong> What seems to be the problem, officer?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sheriff:</strong> Busted tail light.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Guy:</strong> Which one?<br data-format="\\" /><em>[perfectly functional tail light is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnsoundEffect' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnsoundEffect' data-format='W1tVbnNvdW5kRWZmZWN0IEJBVE9OJiMwMzk7RF1d'>BATON'D</a><span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>]</span></em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sheriff:</strong> That one. </div></dd></dl></p><p></li><li> The trope is not used in a confrontation, but as a backhanded joke where perhaps the joker was confused, or hiding something a bit. <div class='indent'><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliceAndBob' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliceAndBob' data-format='W1tBbGljZUFuZEJvYiBBbGljZV1d'>Alice</a>:</strong> How did you get in?<br data-format="\\" /><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliceAndBob' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AliceAndBob' data-format='W1tBbGljZUFuZEJvYiBCb2JdXQ=='>Bob</a>:</strong> I used your back door.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Alice:</strong> I don't have a back door!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Bob:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BulletholeDoor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BulletholeDoor' data-format='W1tCdWxsZXRob2xlRG9vciAuLi55b3UgZG8gbm93Ll1d'>...you do now.</a> </div></li></ol></p><p>Contrast <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantlyProvenWrong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantlyProvenWrong' data-format='SW5zdGFudGx5UHJvdmVuV3Jvbmc='>Instantly Proven Wrong</a>. See also <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveApology' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveApology' data-format='UHJlZW1wdGl2ZUFwb2xvZ3k='>Preemptive Apology</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveShutUp' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveShutUp' data-format='UHJlZW1wdGl2ZVNodXRVcA=='>Preemptive "Shut Up"</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreMortemOneLiner' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreMortemOneLiner' data-format='UHJlTW9ydGVtT25lTGluZXI='>Pre-Mortem One-Liner</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreAlreadyDead' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouAreAlreadyDead' data-format='WW91QXJlQWxyZWFkeURlYWQ='>You Are Already Dead</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JokeAndReceive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JokeAndReceive' data-format='Sm9rZUFuZFJlY2VpdmU='>Joke and Receive</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlreadyTheCase' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlreadyTheCase' data-format='QWxyZWFkeVRoZUNhc2U='>Already the Case</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobablyPredictable' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ImprobablyPredictable' data-format='SW1wcm9iYWJseVByZWRpY3RhYmxl'>Improbably Predictable</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReminderOfImpossibility' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReminderOfImpossibility' data-format='UmVtaW5kZXJPZkltcG9zc2liaWxpdHk='>Reminder of Impossibility</a>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThisIsThePartWhere' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThisIsThePartWhere' data-format='VGhpc0lzVGhlUGFydFdoZXJl'>This Is the Part Where...</a>, the fact that your monitor is smashed in... <hr data-format='——' /> <h2>Foreshadowed listings:</h2> <div class="folderlabel" onclick="toggleAllFolders();">    open/close all folders  </div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder0');">    Anime and Manga </div><div id="folder0" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Baccano' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Baccano' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS97e0JhY2Nhbm99fQ=='>Baccano!</a>!</em> <div class='indent'><strong>Jacuzzi:</strong> Please, lower your guns! I don't want anyone to die!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Thug:</strong> You mean <em>you</em> don't want to be killed, right?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Jacuzzi:</strong> No, you're wrong, I don't want you to be killed! So Donny, please wait a little longer! I'm sure they'll lower their guns. Please!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Thug:</strong> Who the hell are you talkin' tooaaaAAAAAAHHHHGH! <em>[Immediately has his hand broken by aforementioned and insanely huge <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigGuy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBigGuy' data-format='W1tUaGVCaWdHdXkgRG9ubnkuXV0='>Donny.</a>]</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Hellsing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Hellsing' data-format='TWFuZ2Eve3tIZWxsc2luZ319'>Hellsing</a></em> (paraphrased) <div class='indent'><strong>Recruit:</strong> I heard there's a vampire in this unit, that true?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(laughter from other recruits)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Seras:</strong> <em>(steps close to the recruit)</em> Oh dear, it seems there's something wrong with your gun.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Recruit:</strong> What?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Seras:</strong> <em>(Bends barrel)</em> Oh, it seems your barrel is bent, you might want to get that looked at. </div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency' data-format='W1tNYW5nYS9Kb0pvc0JpemFycmVBZHZlbnR1cmVCYXR0bGVUZW5kZW5jeSBKb3NlcGggSm9lc3Rhcl1d'>Joseph Joestar</a> likes telling people what their next words will be. It pretty much always plays out like this: <div class='indent'><strong>Joseph</strong>: Whammu, your next line is: "Don't dishonor our battle, Jojo!"<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Whammu</strong>: Don't dishonor our battle Joj— hm!? </div></li><li> This style of attack is how Brook from <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/OnePiece' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/OnePiece' data-format='TWFuZ2EvT25lUGllY2U='>One Piece</a></em> got the nickname "The Humming Swordsman". He tends to make quips along the lines of "Sorry for defeating you", and then hums as he sheaths his sword. It is not until the sword is sheathed that the opponent realizes they have already been defeated. </li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Bleach' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/Bleach' data-format='TWFuZ2Eve3tCbGVhY2h9fQ=='>Bleach</a></em>, Ichigo and Chad became friends when Ichigo came across Chad being beaten up by a gang of bullies and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MartialPacifist' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MartialPacifist' data-format='W1tNYXJ0aWFsUGFjaWZpc3QgcmVmdXNpbmcgdG8gZGVmZW5kIGhpbXNlbGYuXV0='>refusing to defend himself.</a> Ichigo promptly pulls out his cell phone and calls for emergency services, telling them a bunch of guys have been beaten up and they need to send ambulances. For how many people? "One...two...three..four..." </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder1');">    Comic Books </div><div id="folder1" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheUltimates' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/TheUltimates' data-format='Q29taWNCb29rL1RoZVVsdGltYXRlcw=='>The Ultimates</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Captain America:</strong> C'mere, let me get a closer look at that big gash on your cheek...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Bruce Banner:</strong> But I haven't got a gash on my cheek.<br data-format="\\" />[Cap kicks Bruce in the head]<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Captain America:</strong> You do now, son. </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Watchmen' data-format='Q29taWNCb29rL3t7V2F0Y2htZW59fQ=='>Watchmen</a></em>, as Dr. Manhattan puts an end to a police riot: <div class='indent'><strong>Dr. Manhattan:</strong> Pay attention. You will all return to your homes.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Rioter:</strong> Oh yeah? And what if we don't, ya big blue fruit?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dr. Manhattan:</strong> You misunderstand me. It was not a request.<br data-format="\\" /><em>[He teleports the rioters en masse, each to his home.]</em> </div></li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/XForce' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/XForce' data-format='Q29taWNCb29rL1hGb3JjZQ=='>X-Force</a></em> #20: <div class='indent'><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoForHire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PsychoForHire' data-format='W1tQc3ljaG9Gb3JIaXJlIEtpbXVyYV1d'>Kimura</a>:</strong> X-23 has killed three facility heads. She has to die.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Third facility head:</strong> Three? That's not right, she only killed— <em>[is shot in the head by Kimura]</em> </div></li><li> The <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointyHairedBoss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointyHairedBoss' data-format='UG9pbnR5SGFpcmVkQm9zcw=='>Pointy-Haired Boss</a> in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/Dilbert' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicStrip/Dilbert' data-format='Q29taWNTdHJpcC97e0RpbGJlcnR9fQ=='>Dilbert</a></em> is fond of setting these up during performance reviews. <div class='indent'><strong>Dilbert:</strong> What do you mean by "Doesn't handle criticism well"?<br data-format="\\" /><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointyHairedBoss' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointyHairedBoss' data-format='UG9pbnR5SGFpcmVkQm9zcw=='>Pointy-Haired Boss</a>:</strong> This is a perfect example. I say one little thing and you go all nuts on me. (to himself) And the trap is set. </div></li><li> Non-verbal example: A fortune teller in an <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Iznogoud' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Iznogoud' data-format='Q29taWNCb29rL3t7SXpub2dvdWR9fQ=='>Iznogoud</a></em> story annoyed him by always knowing what he was going to say next. Suddenly she jumps back, looking startled. <div class='indent'><strong>Iznogoud:</strong> Why did you jump?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Fortune teller:</strong> Because you're going to scream!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Iznogoud:</strong> ENOUGH! </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder2');">    Fan Works </div><div id="folder2" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='urllink' href='https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10080850/'>Devil You Know (High School DxD/Dresden Files<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a></em>: Harry is accosted by a local gang member and called a "giant red-neck yankee thug", to which he replies "At least my nose wasn't broken." <div class='indent'><strong>Harry's narration</strong>: "The punch line didn't hit him until a few seconds later when I did." </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged' data-format='V2ViVmlkZW8vRHJhZ29uQmFsbFpBYnJpZGdlZA=='>DragonBall Z Abridged</a></em>: <ul ><li> Early in the Namek arc: <div class='indent'><strong>Namekian:</strong> Come on! Bring it! There's three of us and one of you!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dodoria:</strong> Man, you must suck at math even worse than me.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Namekian:</strong> What do you mean?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dodoria:</strong> There's only <em>two</em> of you.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Namekian:</strong> That's not right- <em>(gets punched through)</em> Aargh!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dodoria:</strong> <em>(after killing the Namekian warriors)</em> Whoops, looks like I miscounted. I must be having an off day. </div></li><li> Later: <div class='indent'><strong>Guru:</strong> Nail. Gather the rest of the dragon balls and wish for a plasma TV.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Nail:</strong> Lord Guru, that would be a grievous misuse of their power.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Guru:</strong> I'm about to misuse my hand <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DopeSlap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DopeSlap' data-format='W1tEb3BlU2xhcCB1cHNpZGUgeW91ciBoZWFkLl1d'>upside your head.</a> </div></li><li> Gets better with the disclaimers in the outtakes. <div class='indent'><strong>Announcer</strong>: Warning! The following contains language unsuitable for minors! So if you are under the age of 18 and have not heard the word fuck before... well... you have now. </div></li><li> Vegeta walks right into one too. <div class='indent'><strong>Android 18:</strong> So who's got two broken arms and is a total bitch?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Vegeta:</strong> You... stupid bint. You only broke one a-(<em>crack</em>)-AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Android 18:</strong> <em>This</em> guy. </div></li></ul></li><li> In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL01hcnZlbENpbmVtYXRpY1VuaXZlcnNl'>Marvel Cinematic Universe</a></em> fic <em><a class='urllink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/works/31564853'>A Little Red and Blue<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a></em>, Sharon is inadvertently sent to the year 1944 by Wanda and is later found by the past Steve and Bucky, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WithholdingTheirName' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WithholdingTheirName' data-format='W1tXaXRoaG9sZGluZ1RoZWlyTmFtZSBjbGFpbWluZyB0aGF0IGhlciBuYW1lIGlzICJLYXRlIiBpbiBvcmRlciB0byBoaWRlIHRoZSBmYWN0IHRoYXQgc2hlJiMwMzk7cyBmcm9tIHRoZSBmdXR1cmVdXQ=='>claiming that her name is "Kate" in order to hide the fact that she's from the future</a>. At one point, when advising Steve and Bucky that they should better help the common people, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperAwareness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperAwareness' data-format='W1tIeXBlckF3YXJlbmVzcyBTaGFyb24gcG9pbnRzIG91dCBhIG1hbiB3aG8gaXMgYmVhdGluZyBoaXMgd2lmZSwgYSBjaGlsZCB3aG8gaXMgYmVpbmcgYWJ1c2VkIGJ5IGhpcyBtb3RoZXImIzAzOTtzIGJveWZyaWVuZCxdXQ=='>Sharon points out a man who is beating his wife, a child who is being abused by his mother's boyfriend,</a> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking' data-format='W1tBcnNvbk11cmRlckFuZEpheXdhbGtpbmcgYW5kIGFuIG92ZXJ3ZWlnaHQgbWFuIHdpdGggaGVhcnQgcHJvYmxlbXMgZWF0aW5nIGEgc2FuZHdpY2hdXQ=='>and an overweight man with heart problems eating a sandwich</a> and tells Steve and Bucky that she's going to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WifeBasherBasher' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WifeBasherBasher' data-format='W1tXaWZlQmFzaGVyQmFzaGVyIGJlYXQgdXAgdGhlIGFidXNlcl1d'>beat up the abuser</a>, tell the woman off for willingly being in a relationship with someone who abuses children, and take the man's sandwich for herself before proceeding to do just that. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged' data-format='V2ViVmlkZW8vU3dvcmRBcnRPbmxpbmVBYnJpZGdlZA=='>Sword Art Online Abridged</a></em>: In the <em>Alfheim Online</em> arc, Yui tries to explain that Kirito is on a rescue mission, but Leafa is convinced her brother is only logging into the game to mess with her and refuses to believe Yui. Then Leafa learns that it's a bad idea to antagonize <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VirtualRealityWarper' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VirtualRealityWarper' data-format='W1tWaXJ0dWFsUmVhbGl0eVdhcnBlciBhbiBBSSB3aXRoIGFkbWluIHByaXZpbGVnZXNdXQ=='>an AI with admin privileges</a>. <div class='indent'><strong>Yui:</strong> (<em>sigh</em>) A pity. If you will not listen to reason, perhaps more... <em>drastic</em> methods will be necessary.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Leafa:</strong> Ha! Nice try, kid, but you've got a <em>terrible</em> poker face.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Yui:</strong> At least I still <em>have</em> a face. (<em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DissonantLaughter' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DissonantLaughter' data-format='W1tEaXNzb25hbnRMYXVnaHRlciBnaWdnbGVzXV0='>giggles</a></em>)<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Leafa:</strong> What's that supposed to mean—? (<em>her avatar distorts, leaving her <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBlank' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBlank' data-format='VGhlQmxhbms='>The Blank</a></em>) </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries' data-format='V2ViVmlkZW8vWXVHaU9oVGhlQWJyaWRnZWRTZXJpZXM='>Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series</a></em> has a moment, after Weevil bluffs about tearing apart a card containing Yugi's soul. <div class='indent'><strong>Yami:</strong> You know, it really is a shame. If Yugi <em>were</em> here, he might have been able to prevent me.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Weevil:</strong> Prevent you from what?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Yami:</strong> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoHoldsBarredBeatdown' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoHoldsBarredBeatdown' data-format='W1tOb0hvbGRzQmFycmVkQmVhdGRvd24gRnJvbSBkb2luZyB0aGlzLl1d'>From doing this.</a></em> </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder3');">    Films — Animated </div><div id="folder3" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Futurama' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Futurama' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi97e0Z1dHVyYW1hfX0='>Futurama</a></em> movie "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FuturamaM1BendersBigScore' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9GdXR1cmFtYU0xQmVuZGVyc0JpZ1Njb3JlIEJlbmRlcnMgQmlnIFNjb3JlXV0='>Benders Big Score</a>", when the Planet Express company is taken over by scammers, one of the things the scammers do is repossess their television, claiming they can't afford it due to being unemployed. <div class='indent'><strong>Zoidberg:</strong> We're not unemploy-<br data-format="\\" /><em>(<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmashCut' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SmashCut' data-format='U21hc2hDdXQ='>Smash Cut</a> to the entire company outside their building, holding their things)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9SaXNlT2ZUaGVHdWFyZGlhbnM='>Rise of the Guardians</a></em>: Just so you know, if the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BewareTheNiceOnes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BewareTheNiceOnes' data-format='W1tCZXdhcmVUaGVOaWNlT25lcyBUb290aCBGYWlyeV1d'>Tooth Fairy</a> gives you a quarter, then <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeethFlying' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeethFlying' data-format='W1tUZWV0aEZseWluZyB5b3Ugb3dlIGhlciBhIHRvb3RoXV0='>you owe her a tooth</a>. </li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9UaGVFbXBlcm9yc05ld0dyb292ZQ=='>The Emperor's New Groove</a></em>, after Pacha informs Kuzco where on his village's hill has the most sun, Kuzco thanks him, saying he needed some insight for his pool. <div class='indent'><strong>Pacha</strong>: Your pool?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Kuzco then drops <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ModelPlanning' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ModelPlanning' data-format='W1tNb2RlbFBsYW5uaW5nIGhpcyBLdXpjb3RvcGlhIG1vZGVsIG9uIHRoZSBtb2RlbCBvZiB0aGUgdmlsbGFnZV1d'>his Kuzcotopia model on the model of the village</a>)</em> </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder4');">    Films — Live-Action </div><div id="folder4" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDarkKnight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDarkKnight' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVEYXJrS25pZ2h0'>The Dark Knight</a></em>: <ul ><li> The Joker's goons take one another out in the opening bank robbery. Eventually it's just Grumpy and Bozo (actually the Joker posing as one of his own henchmen). <div class='indent'><strong>Grumpy:</strong> <em>[gun drawn on "Bozo"]</em> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness' data-format='W1tZb3VIYXZlT3V0TGl2ZWRZb3VyVXNlZnVsbmVzcyBJJiMwMzk7bSBiZXR0aW4mIzAzOTsgdGhlIEpva2VyIHRvbGQgeW91IHRvIGtpbGwgbWUgYXMgc29vbiBhcyB3ZSBsb2FkZWQgdGhlIGNhc2guXV0='>I'm bettin' the Joker told you to kill me as soon as we loaded the cash.</a><br data-format="\\" /><strong>The Joker:</strong> <em>[scoffs]</em> No-no-no-no. I kill the bus driver.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Grumpy:</strong> <em>[confused]</em> Bus driver? <em>["Bozo" glares back at him]</em> What bus dri-<em>[The back end of a school bus bursts through the bank doors and runs over him]</em> </div></li><li> In addition to the example above: <div class='indent'><strong>Joker:</strong> You wanna know how I got these scars?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Batman:</strong> No, but I know how you got these. <em>(fires shurikens)</em> </div></li><li> Two-Face's way of dealing with Sal Maroni. He flips the coin for Maroni, and lands with the unscarred side up. <div class='indent'><strong>Two-Face:</strong> You're a lucky man. <em>(flips the coin again; lands with the scarred side up)</em> But he's not. <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Maroni:</strong> Who?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Two-Face:</strong> <em>(buckles seatbelt)</em> Your driver. <em>(shoots the driver)</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ChristopherNolan' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ChristopherNolan' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9DaHJpc3RvcGhlck5vbGFu'>Christopher Nolan</a> must be a fan of this, as it also shows up in his first feature film, <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Following' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Following' data-format='RmlsbS97e0ZvbGxvd2luZ319'>Following</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Cobb:</strong> Nice suit. Shame about the bloodstains, though.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>"Bill":</strong> What bloodstains?<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Cobb headbutts Bill, and proceeds to beat the tar out of him.]</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BatmanReturns' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/BatmanReturns' data-format='RmlsbS9CYXRtYW5SZXR1cm5z'>Batman Returns</a></em> has one from Penguin, responding to a crack from one of his image consultants which has everyone laughing (including Penguin, who laughs right along with them). <div class='indent'><strong>Penguin:</strong> Still, could be worse! My nose could be gushing blood!<br data-format="\\" />[<em>Everyone laughs except Josh, who looks mystified</em>]<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Josh:</strong> Your nose could be...what do you mean by that — !<br data-format="\\" />[<em>The Penguin proceeds to viciously bite Josh's nose and draw blood.</em>] </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/TheMatrix' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/TheMatrix' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL1RoZU1hdHJpeA=='>The Matrix</a></em> franchise: <dl><dd><ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMatrix' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMatrix' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVNYXRyaXg='>The Matrix</a></em> (original): <div class='indent'><strong>Agent Smith:</strong> What use is a phone call <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WipeThatSmileOffYourFace' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WipeThatSmileOffYourFace' data-format='W1tXaXBlVGhhdFNtaWxlT2ZmWW91ckZhY2UgaWYgeW91IGFyZSB1bmFibGUgdG8gc3BlYWs/XV0='>if you are unable to speak?</a> </div></li><li> And, of course, the original Oracle scene. <div class='indent'><strong>Oracle</strong>: Oh, and don't worry about the vase.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Neo</strong>: What vase? [<em>looks around, knocking over a vase in the process</em>]<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Oracle</strong>: <em>That</em> vase.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Neo</strong>: I'm sorry, I—-<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Oracle</strong>: I said, don't worry about it.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Neo</strong>: You knew I would do that?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Oracle</strong>: What's really gonna bake your noodle later on is: would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything? </div></li></ul></dd></dl><ul ><li> Combined with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ApologeticAttacker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ApologeticAttacker' data-format='QXBvbG9nZXRpY0F0dGFja2Vy'>Apologetic Attacker</a> in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMatrixReloaded' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMatrixReloaded' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVNYXRyaXhSZWxvYWRlZA=='>The Matrix Reloaded</a></em>. <div class='indent'><strong>Seraph:</strong> You seek the Oracle.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Neo:</strong> Who are you?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Seraph:</strong> I am Seraph. I can take you to her, but first I must <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveApology' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreemptiveApology' data-format='W1tQcmVlbXB0aXZlQXBvbG9neSBhcG9sb2dpemVdXQ=='>apologize</a>.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Neo:</strong> Apologize for what?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Seraph:</strong> For this. [<em>attacks Neo</em>] </div></li></ul></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DieAnotherDay' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DieAnotherDay' data-format='RmlsbS9EaWVBbm90aGVyRGF5'>Die Another Day</a></em>, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/JamesBond' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/JamesBond' data-format='RmlsbS9KYW1lc0JvbmQ='>James Bond</a> enters a room with a wheelchair. <div class='indent'><strong>Patient:</strong> What the hell do you want? I don't need a goddamn wheelchair.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>James Bond:</strong> No? <br data-format="\\" />(punches him)<br data-format="\\" /><strong>James Bond:</strong> You do now. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AViewToAKill' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AViewToAKill' data-format='RmlsbS9BVmlld1RvQUtpbGw='>A View to a Kill</a></em>. <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0yxgdkneE'>Zorin informs a corrupt crony of his in San Francisco City Hall<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> how he intends to stage Bond and Stacy Sutton's deaths. <div class='indent'><strong>Howe:</strong> What have they done? <em>[gestures to Bond and Stacy]</em> </div><div class='indent'><strong>Zorin:</strong> You discharged her, hmmm? So she and her accomplice came here to kill you. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FieryCoverup' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FieryCoverup' data-format='W1tGaWVyeUNvdmVydXAgVGhlbiB0aGV5IHNldCBmaXJlIHRvIHRoZSBvZmZpY2UsIHRvIGNvbmNlYWwgdGhlIGNyaW1lXV0='>Then they set fire to the office, to conceal the crime</a>. But they were trapped in the elevator, and perished in the flames. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Howe:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LateToTheRealization' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LateToTheRealization' data-format='W1tMYXRlVG9UaGVSZWFsaXphdGlvbiBCdXQgdGhhdCBtZWFucy4uLkkgd291bGQgaGF2ZSB0byBiZS1dXQ=='>But that means...I would have to be-</a> </div><div class='indent'><strong>Zorin:</strong> Dead! <em>(shoots him in the chest)</em> That's rather neat, don't you think? </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FightClub' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FightClub' data-format='RmlsbS9GaWdodENsdWI='>Fight Club</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Narrator:</strong> What is this?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tyler:</strong> This...<br data-format="\\" /><em>(pours lye on the Narrator's hand)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tyler:</strong> ...is a chemical burn. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/ArmyOfDarkness' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/ArmyOfDarkness' data-format='RmlsbS9Bcm15T2ZEYXJrbmVzcw=='>Army of Darkness</a></em> has Ash's famous "Hey, what's that on your face?" line, just as he begins burying his <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnemyWithout' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnemyWithout' data-format='RW5lbXlXaXRob3V0'>Enemy Without</a> alive. </li><li> The <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/WalkingTall2004' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/WalkingTall2004' data-format='RmlsbS9XYWxraW5nVGFsbDIwMDQ='>Walking Tall (2004)</a></em> remake with <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/DwayneJohnson' data-format='W1tXcmVzdGxpbmcvRHdheW5lSm9obnNvbiBUaGUgUm9ja11d'>The Rock</a>: <div class='indent'><strong>Vaughn:</strong> Get your taillights fixed, sir.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Hamilton:</strong> What's wrong with my taillights?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(smash)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Vaughn:</strong> They're broken. </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DeathToSmoochy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/DeathToSmoochy' data-format='RmlsbS9EZWF0aFRvU21vb2NoeQ=='>Death to Smoochy</a></em>, after Sheldon interrupts Nora in her office: <div class='indent'><strong>Sheldon</strong>: Oh, you didn't have to get off the phone.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Nora</strong>: If I didn't you'd still be here.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sheldon</strong>: I am still here.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Nora</strong>: I'm hoping to correct that. </div></li><li> William "D-Fens" Foster in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FallingDown' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/FallingDown' data-format='RmlsbS9GYWxsaW5nRG93bg=='>Falling Down</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InnocentBystander' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InnocentBystander' data-format='SW5ub2NlbnRCeXN0YW5kZXI='>Innocent Bystander</a></strong>: If you haven't noticed, others are waiting to use the phone.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Foster</strong>: Others want the phone?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>IB</strong>: Right, asshole!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Foster</strong>: Jeez, that's too bad, because you know what?<br data-format="\\" /><em>[shoots the phone down]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Foster</strong>: I think it's out of order. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrek2009' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StarTrek2009' data-format='RmlsbS9TdGFyVHJlazIwMDk='>Star Trek (2009)</a></em> <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >"I've got your gun."</span> </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Dogma' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Dogma' data-format='RmlsbS97e0RvZ21hfX0='>Dogma</a></em> <div class='indent'><strong>Metatron</strong>: What are you gonna do? Hit me with that...fish?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(cut back to Bethany, whose baseball bat has miraculously transformed into a big fish)</em> </div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/FrankCapra' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/FrankCapra' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9GcmFua0NhcHJh'>Frank Capra</a>'s <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/PocketfulOfMiracles' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/PocketfulOfMiracles' data-format='RmlsbS9Qb2NrZXRmdWxPZk1pcmFjbGVz'>Pocketful of Miracles</a></em>: <div class='indent'>- <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewThisImOuttaHere' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewThisImOuttaHere' data-format='W1tTY3Jld1RoaXNJbU91dHRhSGVyZSBJJiMwMzk7bSBvZmYgdG8gSGF2YW5hXV0='>I'm off to Havana</a>, sir.<br data-format="\\" />- With two broken legs?<br data-format="\\" />- My legs, sir? Oh, they're quite... Oh! Very cleverly put, sir. </div></li><li> A confrontation between the title character of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MajorPayne' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MajorPayne' data-format='RmlsbS9NYWpvclBheW5l'>Major Payne</a></em> and a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassBiker' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassBiker' data-format='QmFkYXNzQmlrZXI='>Badass Biker</a>: the former claims to be about to deliver a kick to the latter's head, but then goes for the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroinAttack' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroinAttack' data-format='R3JvaW5BdHRhY2s='>Groin Attack</a>. Writhing in pain on the ground, the biker protests: <div class='indent'><strong>Biker:</strong> You said you were gonna kick me in the head! </div><div class='indent'><strong>Maj. Payne:</strong> You callin' me a liar? <em>(Kicks biker in head)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDeadPool' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheDeadPool' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVEZWFkUG9vbA=='>The Dead Pool</a></em> has this during the Chinatown restaurant robbery scene: <div class='indent'><strong>Harry Callahan:</strong> You forgot your fortune cookie. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Lead Robber:</strong> <em>[turns]</em> WHAT? </div><div class='indent'><em>[Harry gives a smug grin, and pulls out a fortune]</em> </div><div class='indent'><strong>Harry Callahan:</strong> It says, "You're shit out of luck." <em>[shoots the lead robber]</em> </div><ul ><li> Callahan gets two mafia mooks to back off by asking a woman to call for an ambulance, describing the mooks and listing their potential injuries. </li><li> The same tactic is used in the 1972 movie <em>The New Centurions</em> to make a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScaryBlackMan' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScaryBlackMan' data-format='U2NhcnlCbGFja01hbg=='>Scary Black Man</a> come along quietly — he regards it as <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActuallyPrettyFunny' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ActuallyPrettyFunny' data-format='QWN0dWFsbHlQcmV0dHlGdW5ueQ=='>Actually Pretty Funny</a> when he realises the cops never called for the ambulance. </li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL01hcnZlbENpbmVtYXRpY1VuaXZlcnNl'>Marvel Cinematic Universe</a></em> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/IronMan1' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/IronMan1' data-format='RmlsbS9Jcm9uTWFuMQ=='>Iron Man</a></em> <div class='indent'><strong>Iron Monger</strong>: You had a great idea, Tony, but my suit is advanced in every way! </div><div class='indent'><strong>Iron Man</strong>: How'd you solve that icing problem? </div><div class='indent'><strong>Iron Monger</strong>: Icing problem? </div><div class='indent'><em>Surely enough, Iron Monger's suit ices over and begins to fail</em> </div><div class='indent'><strong>Iron Man</strong>: Might want to look into it. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AvengersInfinityWar' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AvengersInfinityWar' data-format='RmlsbS9BdmVuZ2Vyc0luZmluaXR5V2Fy'>Avengers: Infinity War</a>:</em> <div class='indent'><strong>Doctor Strange:</strong> I think you'll find our will equal to yours. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Thanos:</strong> "Our"? </div><div class='indent'><em>(Iron Man propels a giant piece of debris into Thanos from above)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AvengersEndgame' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/AvengersEndgame' data-format='RmlsbS9BdmVuZ2Vyc0VuZGdhbWU='>Avengers: Endgame</a>:</em> <div class='indent'><strong>Thanos:</strong> I don't even know who you are. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Scarlet Witch:</strong> You will. </div><div class='indent'><em>(proceeds to beat him so severely he is willing to sacrifice his own troops to get her off him)</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom' data-format='RmlsbS9JbmRpYW5hSm9uZXNBbmRUaGVUZW1wbGVPZkRvb20='>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Willie:</strong> What's that?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lau:</strong> Antidote.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Indiana:</strong> To what?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lau:</strong> The poison you just drank, Dr. Jones. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/VictorVictoria' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/VictorVictoria' data-format='RmlsbS9WaWN0b3JWaWN0b3JpYQ=='>Victor/Victoria</a></em> uses this trope for slapstick, practically citing it by name. <div class='indent'><strong>Club owner:</strong> Be careful. </div><div class='indent'><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' data-format='W1tCdXR0TW9ua2V5IFByaXZhdGUgZXllXV0='>Private eye</a>:</strong> I am <em>always</em> careful. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Club owner:</strong> That chair is broken. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Private eye:</strong> It is? <em>(chair collapses)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Serenity' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Serenity' data-format='RmlsbS97e1NlcmVuaXR5fX0='>Serenity</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>The Operative</strong>: You are fooling yourself, Captain. Nothing here is what it seems. You are not the plucky hero, the Alliance is not an evil empire, and this is not the grand arena. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Inara</strong>: And that's not incense. </div><div class='indent'><em>[A flash bomb goes off, allowing Mal and Inara to escape]</em> </div></li><li> At the end of the Tollywood movie <em>Pokiri</em>, Mahesh Babu's character has just taken out the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' data-format='QmlnQmFk'>Big Bad</a>, but there's one more loose end to take care of... <div class='indent'><strong>Pandu</strong> (on the phone): Sir, it's me. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DamselInDistress' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DamselInDistress' data-format='W1tEYW1zZWxJbkRpc3RyZXNzIFlvdXIgZGF1Z2h0ZXJdXQ=='>Your daughter</a> is safe. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' data-format='W1tCaWdCYWQgQWxpIEJoYWldXQ=='>Ali Bhai</a> is dead. Bad luck...our SI<span class="notelabel" onclick="togglenote('note1a6qk');"><sup>note </sup></span><span id="note1a6qk" class="inlinefolder" isnote="true" onclick="togglenote('note1a6qk');" style="cursor:pointer;font-size:smaller;display:none;">Sub-Inspector</span> too is dead. </div><div class='indent'>[<em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' data-format='W1tEaXJ0eUNvcCBTdWItSW5zcGVjdG9yIFBhc2h1cGF0aHldXQ=='>Sub-Inspector Pashupathy</a> gets an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' data-format='T2hDcmFw'>Oh, Crap!</a> face as Pandu hangs up.</em>] </div><div class='indent'><strong>Pashupathy</strong>: What are you saying, sir? </div><div class='indent'>[<em>Pashupathy tries to kill Pandu, but is gunned down without mercy.</em>] </div></li><li> When Jason tries to stop Buddy Love from taking over Sherman Klump in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996' data-format='RmlsbS97e1RoZSBOdXR0eSBQcm9mZXNzb3J8MTk5Nn19'>The Nutty Professor</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Buddy</strong>: I have a date at the Alumni Ball, and you have a date with linoleum! </div><div class='indent'><strong>Jason</strong>: What? [Buddy knocks him out] </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/SonOfTheMask' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/SonOfTheMask' data-format='RmlsbS9Tb25PZlRoZU1hc2s='>Son of the Mask</a></em>, during the climactic fight between Tim and Loki: <div class='indent'><strong>Tim:</strong> You can't fight me if you're locked in a trunk.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Loki:</strong> Huh?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Tim punches Loki into a trunk and throws him into the sea, though being a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityWarper' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityWarper' data-format='UmVhbGl0eVdhcnBlcg=='>Reality Warper</a> god Loki quickly recovers)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVDaHJvbmljbGVzT2ZSaWRkaWNr'>The Chronicles of Riddick</a></em> contains the following exchange: <div class='indent'><strong>Inmate:</strong> What, you'll kill me with your soup cup?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Riddick:</strong> Tea, actually.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Inmate:</strong> What?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Riddick:</strong> I'll kill you with my tea cup. </div><div class='indent'> <em>[kills him with the tea cup]</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Riddick' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Riddick' data-format='RmlsbS97e1JpZGRpY2t9fQ=='>Riddick</a></em>. Riddick is chained up and about to be decapitated by mercenaries. He predicts they're about to take off his chains, whereupon he'll kill the mercenary leader with his own machete and fuck <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSquadette' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSquadette' data-format='VGhlU3F1YWRldHRl'>The Squadette</a>. Sure enough... </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TrueLies' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TrueLies' data-format='RmlsbS9UcnVlTGllcw=='>True Lies</a></em> has this scene with Harry pumped full of <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthSerum' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TruthSerum' data-format='VHJ1dGhTZXJ1bQ=='>Truth Serum</a>: <div class='indent'><strong>Harry Tasker:</strong> First I'm gonna use you as a human shield, then I gonna kill this guard over there, with the Patterson trocar on the table. Then I was thinking about breaking your neck.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Samir</strong> : And how are you going to do all that?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Harry</strong>: You know my handcuffs? [hold his hands up] <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheBonds' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingTheBonds' data-format='W1tCcmVha2luZ1RoZUJvbmRzIEkgcGlja2VkIHRoZW0uXV0='>I picked them.</a> <em>(proceeds to exactly as he foretold!)</em> </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/CharliesAngels2000' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/CharliesAngels2000' data-format='RmlsbS9DaGFybGllc0FuZ2VsczIwMDA='>Charlie's Angels (2000)</a></em>, Dylan is tied up in a chair by the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBad' data-format='QmlnQmFk'>Big Bad</a>'s <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mook' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mook' data-format='e3tNb29rfX1z'>Mooks</a> who are about to pounce on her. She gets her legs free and yells for the mooks to stop. <div class='indent'><strong>Dylan:</strong> Wait, wait, wait! I have something to tell you! By the time this is over, every one of you is gonna be face-down on the floor, and I'm gonna moonwalk out of here. <em>(the mooks scoff and start to rush her again)</em> No, no no! You're not listening to me. First, <em>you're</em> going to help me out of my chair. Then I'll leapfrog over <em>you</em>...before I break <em>his</em> nose. And since my trusty lighter isn't working I'm gonna do all of this <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WithMyHandsTied' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WithMyHandsTied' data-format='W1tXaXRoTXlIYW5kc1RpZWQgd2l0aCBteSBoYW5kcyB0aWVkIGJlaGluZCBteSBiYWNrXV0='>with my hands tied behind my back</a>. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek' data-format='RmlsbS9UaGVNaXJhY2xlT2ZNb3JnYW5zQ3JlZWs='>The Miracle of Morgan's Creek</a></em>: On the porch with her father, Emmy mentions that she heard a police siren. The father notes that there are no sirens in town. Seconds later, her prediction comes true as a convoy delivers Trudy and Norval to their doorstops. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder5');">    Literature </div><div id="folder5" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> In the second <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/BetweenWorlds' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/BetweenWorlds' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9CZXR3ZWVuV29ybGRz'>Between Worlds</a></em> novel, Jason Linford is being hunted through Hela's spaceship by her security force, while she threatens him over the comm with vengeance for all the things he's done to piss her off. Jason replies that there's one thing she left out of her <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ListOfTransgressions' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ListOfTransgressions' data-format='TGlzdE9mVHJhbnNncmVzc2lvbnM='>List of Transgressions</a>. "I also shot you in the leg." Having just entered <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBridge' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBridge' data-format='VGhlQnJpZGdl'>The Bridge</a> via an <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AirVentInfiltration' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AirVentInfiltration' data-format='QWlyVmVudEluZmlsdHJhdGlvbg=='>Air Vent Infiltration</a>, Jason then gives her a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KneeCapping' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KneeCapping' data-format='S25lZUNhcHBpbmc='>Knee Capping</a>. </li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheLongDarkTeaTimeOfTheSoul' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9UaGVMb25nRGFya1RlYVRpbWVPZlRoZVNvdWw='>The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul</a></em>, Kate Schechter has just caught Dirk Gently following her car. <div class='indent'><strong>Kate:</strong> I'm not letting go of your tie until you tell me why you were following me.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dirk:</strong> You haven't got hold of —<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Kate:</strong> I have now, mister!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dirk:</strong> Unhand me! </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS97e0Rpc2N3b3JsZH19'>Discworld</a></em> <ul ><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MovingPictures' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MovingPictures' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9Nb3ZpbmdQaWN0dXJlcw=='>Moving Pictures</a></em> Silverfish offers Victor Tugelbend a job in moving pictures after he saves him from muggers, but when Victor arrives at the studio, he tries to get out of it. <div class='indent'><strong>Victor</strong>: I did save your life twice.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Silverfish</strong>: Twice?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Victor</strong> Yes, sir. Then. <em>(deep breath)</em> And now. </div></li><li> Used as a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoodleIncident' data-format='Tm9vZGxlSW5jaWRlbnQ='>Noodle Incident</a> in another Discworld novel. According to Sam Vimes, Nobby's way of informing the family of murder victims is something along the lines of "I'll bet you a dollar you're the widow Johnson." </li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Pyramids' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Pyramids' data-format='e3tMaXRlcmF0dXJlL1B5cmFtaWRzfX0='>Pyramids</a></em>, Pteppic is trying to buy a camel but has no money. <div class='indent'><strong>Teppic</strong>: I could give you this knife.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Camel Dealer</strong>: What use do I have for a knife?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Teppic</strong>: I could give it to you point first. </div></li><li> Used as a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrickJoke' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BrickJoke' data-format='QnJpY2tKb2tl'>Brick Joke</a> in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/SmallGods' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/SmallGods' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9TbWFsbEdvZHM='>Small Gods</a></em>. A footnote refers to a religious leader who was regarded as a prophet because he correctly predicted that his group would be victorious in battle- while they were clearly winning said battle. Later, Brutha issues the same kind of technical prophecy when he sees a tortoise plummeting toward Vorbis' head and informs him that he's about to die. </li></ul></li><li> Obi Wan Kenobi from the novelization of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/RevengeOfTheSith' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/RevengeOfTheSith' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9SZXZlbmdlT2ZUaGVTaXRo'>Revenge of the Sith</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Kenobi:</strong>: (riding on Boga, the giant battle-lizard) I hope you have another vehicle, General! I believe there's some damage to your sublights!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Grevious:</strong> You're insane! There's no—<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Kenobi:</strong> Show him, Boga.<br data-format="\\" /><em>(KRUNCH)</em> </div></li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9BU29uZ09mSWNlQW5kRmlyZQ=='>A Song of Ice and Fire</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Jaime Lannister:</strong> <em>(to Ryman Frey)</em> Only a fool makes threats he's not prepared to carry out. If I were to threaten to hit you unless you shut your mouth, and you presumed to speak, what do you think I'd do?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Ryamn:</strong> Ser, you do not unders- <em>(cut off by Jaime backhanding him in the face)</em> </div></li><li> Used by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/FatherBrown' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/FatherBrown' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9GYXRoZXJCcm93bg=='>Father Brown</a> in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/GKChesterton' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/GKChesterton' data-format='Q3JlYXRvci9HS0NoZXN0ZXJ0b24='>G. K. Chesterton</a>'s story "The Blue Cross." The priest was trying to <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" >get police detectives to follow him <em>before</em> any crime has been committed</span>. <div class='indent'><strong>Waiter:</strong> The parson at the door he says all serene, 'Sorry to confuse your accounts, but it'll pay for the window.' 'What window?' I says. 'The one I'm going to break,' he says, and smashed that blessed pane with his umbrella. </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9UaGVTdGFpbmxlc3NTdGVlbFJhdA=='>The Stainless Steel Rat</a> for President</em>, Jim <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>DiGriz</span> is gambling with several card sharps who initially mistake him for a naive offworld tourist. However when he goes to his bag for more money they draw guns on him, having now become convinced he's an agent of the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretPolice' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretPolice' data-format='U2VjcmV0UG9saWNl'>Secret Police</a> going for a hidden weapon. Given that he's a card sharp himself, <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>DiGriz</span> explains that he was actually going to clean them out, then demonstrates. And <em>then</em> shoots them with a hidden weapon while they're gaping at his hand. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WarOfTheWorldsGlobalDispatches' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/WarOfTheWorldsGlobalDispatches' data-format='TGl0ZXJhdHVyZS9XYXJPZlRoZVdvcmxkc0dsb2JhbERpc3BhdGNoZXM='>War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches</a> </em>. In "Foreign Devils", the Guangxu Emperor is a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PuppetKing' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PuppetKing' data-format='UHVwcGV0S2luZw=='>Puppet King</a> for his <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilChancellor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilChancellor' data-format='RXZpbENoYW5jZWxsb3I='>Evil Chancellor</a>, but eventually gains enough confidence to regain control, which he does by offering to demonstrate a sword move for the Chancellor called <em>The Dragon moves from Low to High</em>. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder6');">    Live-Action TV </div><div id="folder6" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BetterCallSaul' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BetterCallSaul' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JldHRlckNhbGxTYXVs'>Better Call Saul</a></em>: Before provoking Tuco into a fight to get him arrested and sent to prison, Mike calls 9-1-1 from a payphone across the street and describes what the cops are going to catch Tuco in the act of doing. <div class='indent'><strong>Mike:</strong> Uh, uh, y-yes, I would like to report a fight going on at the El Michoacano Restaurant in the 5000 block of the Isleta Boulevard. There is a man threatening another man with a gun. It looks to be some sort of gang thing. Oh, uh, uh, uh, sorry. I-I-I'm a passerby. I-I don't want to get involved. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Blackadder' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Blackadder' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7QmxhY2thZGRlcn19'>Blackadder</a></em> <div class='indent'><strong>Blackadder</strong>: He'd better watch out. One more insult and the contract between us will be as broken as this milk-jug.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Baldrick</strong>: But that milk-jug isn't broken.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Blackadder</strong>: You really do walk into these things, don't you? <em>[Smashes the jug over Baldrick's head]</em> </div><ul ><li> And, from <em>Blackadder Goes Forth:</em> <div class='indent'><strong>Capt. Darling</strong> <em>[explaining why he didn't bother rescuing Blackadder]</em>: ...we weighed up the pros and cons, and decided it wasn't a reasonable use of our time and resources.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lord Flasheart</strong> <em>[argumentatively]</em>: Well, <em>this</em> isn't a reasonable use of <em>my</em> time and resources, but I'm going to do it anyway!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Darling</strong>: What?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Flasheart</strong>: This! <em>[head-butts Darling into unconsciousness]</em> </div></li><li> In <em>Blackadder the Third</em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Blackadder</strong> Does your father know?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Amy</strong>: He had to go.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Blackadder</strong>: You mean he's dead?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Amy</strong>: Yes, as dead as that squirrel.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Blackadder</strong>: Which squirrel?<br data-format="\\" /><em>Bang!</em><br data-format="\\" /><em>Squeak!</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BoardwalkEmpire' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BoardwalkEmpire' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0JvYXJkd2Fsa0VtcGlyZQ=='>Boardwalk Empire</a></em>: In "La Belle Femme", Prohibition agent Eric Sebso is driving Billy Winslow out of Atlantic City, after Van Alden has gotten Winslow to implicate Jimmy Darmody in the Woods Massacre. On the road outside Atlantic City, Sebso pulls over so he can relieve himself, and lets Winslow out of the car to stretch his legs. But as soon as he's finished his business, he reveals that he's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' data-format='W1tEaXJ0eUNvcCBjb3JydXB0XV0='>corrupt</a> and in Nucky's pocket. <div class='indent'><strong>Eric Sebso:</strong> You shouldn't have done that.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Billy Winslow:</strong> <em>[confused]</em> Done what?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Eric Sebso:</strong> Tried to lunge for my weapon.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Billy Winslow:</strong> What are you talking about?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Eric Sebso:</strong> <em>[unholsters his gun]</em> You lunged at me, tried to commandeer my gun.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Billy Winslow:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' data-format='W1tUb29EdW1iVG9MaXZlIFdoYXQ/XV0='>What?</a><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Eric Sebso:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreMortemOneLiner' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PreMortemOneLiner' data-format='W1tQcmVNb3J0ZW1PbmVMaW5lciBUaGF0JiMwMzk7cyB3aHkgSSBraWxsZWQgeW91Ll1d'>That's why I killed you.</a> <em>[Sebso shoots Winslow dead, then proceeds to hit himself in the head with a rock to make it look like Winslow attacked him]</em> </div></li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0J1ZmZ5VGhlVmFtcGlyZVNsYXllcg=='>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Xander</strong>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord' data-format='QmxhY2ttYWlsSXNTdWNoQW5VZ2x5V29yZA=='>"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word</a>.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Amy</strong>: I didn't say blackmail.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Xander</strong>: Yeah, but I'm about to blackmail you, so I thought I'd bring it up. </div><ul ><li> Also: <div class='indent'><strong>Buffy:</strong> You ever heard the expression, "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MuggingTheMonster' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MuggingTheMonster' data-format='W1tNdWdnaW5nVGhlTW9uc3RlciBiaXRpbmcgb2ZmIG1vcmUgdGhhbiB5b3UgY2FuIGNoZXddXQ=='>biting off more than you can chew</a>"? ...Okay, um, how about the expression "<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast' data-format='W1tOYW1lc1RvUnVuQXdheUZyb21SZWFsbHlGYXN0IFZhbXBpcmUgU2xheWVyXV0='>Vampire Slayer</a>"? <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Vampire:</strong> What the hell are you talking about? <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Buffy:</strong> Wow. Never heard that one? Okay... How about, "Oh God, my leg, my leg"? <em>[breaks his leg]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Vampire:</strong> Oh God, my leg! </div></li></ul></li><li> In an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Castle2009' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Castle2009' data-format='e3tTZXJpZXMvQ2FzdGxlfDIwMDl9fQ=='>Castle</a></em>, Esposito requests a bag of ice from a bartender. The bartender barely has time to ask why when Esposito pulls a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroinAttack' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GroinAttack' data-format='R3JvaW5BdHRhY2s='>Groin Attack</a> on the killer's bodyguard. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Coupling' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Coupling' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7Q291cGxpbmd9fQ=='>Coupling</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Sally</strong>: "I didn't marry <em>her</em>!" How do you think that makes me look?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Patrick</strong>: I had to say something, you slapped me!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sally</strong>: Twice!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Patrick</strong>: Once.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sally</strong>: (slaps him) Don't argue! </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CriminalMinds' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/CriminalMinds' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0NyaW1pbmFsTWluZHM='>Criminal Minds</a></em>: In one episode, after the chief of police realizes one of her officers is the serial killer they're hunting, he kills her and frames the leader of a local gang. He and another officer go to arrest the leader, whereupon the unsub unceremoniously kills him too. As the innocent officer protests and demands to know why he did it, the unsub explains that he had to do it, since the gang leader "killed two cops." He then promptly shoots the other officer. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DoctorWho' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DoctorWho' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RvY3Rvcldobw=='>Doctor Who</a></em>: <ul ><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG9TMjhFNVJpc2VPZlRoZUN5YmVybWVuICJSaXNlIG9mIHRoZSBDeWJlcm1lbiJdXQ=='>"Rise of the Cybermen"</a>: <div class='indent'><strong>Dr. Kendrick:</strong> I'm sorry, sir, but it's my duty. I shall have to inform them.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>John Lumic:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeKnowsTooMuch' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeKnowsTooMuch' data-format='W1tIZUtub3dzVG9vTXVjaCBBbmQgaG93IHdpbGwgeW91IGRvIHRoYXQgZnJvbSBiZXlvbmQgdGhlIGdyYXZlXV0='>And how will you do that from beyond the grave</a>?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dr. Kendrick:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' data-format='W1tUb29EdW1iVG9MaXZlIEkgZG9uJiMwMzk7dCBxdWl0ZSB1bmRlcnN0YW5kLi4uXV0='>I don't quite understand...</a><br data-format="\\" /><strong>John Lumic:</strong> <em>[to Cyberman]</em> Kill him. <em>[the creature electrocutes and kills Dr. Kendrick]</em> </div></li><li> The Master gassing the Cabinet in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG9TMjlFMTJUaGVTb3VuZE9mRHJ1bXMgIlRoZSBTb3VuZCBvZiBEcnVtcyJdXQ=='>"The Sound of Drums"</a> is quoted above. </li><li> A sort of example from <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG9TMzFFMTJUaGVQYW5kb3JpY2FPcGVucyAiVGhlIFBhbmRvcmljYSBPcGVucyJdXQ=='>"The Pandorica Opens"</a>: <div class='indent'><strong>River Song:</strong> This is a Callisto Pulse. It can disarm micro-explosives from up to twenty feet.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dorium Maldovar:</strong> What kind of micro-explosives? <em>[drinks]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>River Song:</strong> The kind I just put in your wine. </div></li><li> The <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/ComicRelief' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/ComicRelief' data-format='VXNlZnVsTm90ZXMvQ29taWNSZWxpZWY='>Comic Relief</a> two-parter <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2011RNDSSpaceAndTime' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2011RNDSSpaceAndTime' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG8yMDExUk5EU1NwYWNlQW5kVGltZSAiU3BhY2UiLyJUaW1lIl1d'>"Space"/"Time"</a> has a version. The cast get stuck in a time loop and are instructed by a future Amy on what to do. <div class='indent'><strong>The Doctor:</strong> When does this Amy step into the box? We need to maintain the timeline.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Amy:</strong> Ah. As soon as she's slapped Rory.<br data-format="\\" /><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey' data-format='W1tCdXR0TW9ua2V5IFJvcnldXQ=='>Rory</a>:</strong> OK... No. Why do I get slapped?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>The Doctor:</strong> Because we have to stick to the established chain of events. One mistake and the whole timeline could collapse. We'd end up with two Amy Ponds forever, and then what would you do?<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Rory gives Amy a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwinThreesomeFantasy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwinThreesomeFantasy' data-format='W1tUd2luVGhyZWVzb21lRmFudGFzeSBzdWdnZXN0aXZlXV0='>suggestive</a> look, she slaps him]</em> </div></li><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG9TMzRFMTJEZWF0aEluSGVhdmVuICJEZWF0aCBpbiBIZWF2ZW4iXV0='>"Death in Heaven"</a>, Missy tells Osgood she will kill her in a minute. And she does too, even counting down the time <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForTheEvulz' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForTheEvulz' data-format='Rm9yVGhlRXZ1bHo='>For the Evulz</a>. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9Eb2N0b3JXaG8yMDE1Q1NUaGVIdXNiYW5kc09mUml2ZXJTb25nICJUaGUgSHVzYmFuZHMgb2YgUml2ZXIgU29uZyJdXQ=='>"The Husbands of River Song"</a>: While seemingly cornered by Hydroflax's body and several other psychopaths on the <em>Harmony and Redemption</em>, River and the Doctor <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LikeAnOldMarriedCouple' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LikeAnOldMarriedCouple' data-format='W1tMaWtlQW5PbGRNYXJyaWVkQ291cGxlIGRpc2N1c3NdXQ=='>discuss</a> where would be the best place to stand in the event of a meteor strike. <div class='indent'><strong>Scratch:</strong> What meteor strike? <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Ship's Computer:</strong> Alert. Meteor storm imminent.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>River:</strong> That meteor strike. <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Flemming:</strong> How could you know? <br data-format="\\" /><strong>River:</strong> I'm an archaeologist from the future. I dug you up. See you in four hundred years. </div></li></ul></li><li> From the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Eureka' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Eureka' data-format='e3tTZXJpZXMvRXVyZWthfX0='>Eureka</a></em> episode "Momstrocity": <div class='indent'><strong>Carter</strong>: It's only a matter of time before Allison sees you for what you really are, which is a smug, selfish, Einstein wannabe with no moral compass and only one functioning kidney.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Grant</strong>: Both my kidneys function fine, thank you.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Carter</strong>: Well. The day's not over, is it. </div></li><li> Happens in an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Friends' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Friends' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7RnJpZW5kc319'>Friends</a></em>. When Rachel doesn't want to run with Phoebe because of the...erm, interesting manner in which Phoebe runs, she tells Phoebe that Monica tripped her and hurt her ankle. <div class='indent'><strong>Monica</strong>: Rachel, I'm sorry about your ankles.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Rachel</strong>: Ankle.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Monica</strong>: We'll see. </div></li><li> From the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Fringe' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Fringe' data-format='e3tTZXJpZXMvRnJpbmdlfX0='>Fringe</a></em> S4/E9 episode "Enemy of my Enemy", An agent of <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > David Robert Jones</span> is a doctor in an Emergency Room. She calls up Fringe Division, asks them to listen closely, and walks out the ER (leaving a canister behind her): <div class='indent'><strong>Orderly:</strong> <em>[to the exiting Dr. Samuels]</em> Doctor Samuels, do you want me to give that little girl with the bike injury a Tetanus?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dr. Samuels:</strong> Not necessary. I don't think she's gonna make it. <em>[orderly gives her a confused look as the canister begins to release a gas that kills everyone in the ER]</em> </div></li><li> In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GreysAnatomy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/GreysAnatomy' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0dyZXlzQW5hdG9teQ=='>Grey's Anatomy</a></em> episode "What Is It About Men", this exchange occurs as Dr. Hunt approaches the ER, where a very large, angry patient is beating up a guy in crutches. <div class='indent'><strong>Dr. Hunt:</strong> <em>[to nurse]</em> Book OR<span class="notelabel" onclick="togglenote('note20pez');"><sup>note </sup></span><span id="note20pez" class="inlinefolder" isnote="true" onclick="togglenote('note20pez');" style="cursor:pointer;font-size:smaller;display:none;">operating room</span> 2 for a possible concussion and a broken jaw.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Nurse:</strong> We have a patient with a broken jaw?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dr. Hunt:</strong> We're about to. <em>[Knocks the large patient out with a punch to the jaw]</em> </div></li><li> From early in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Heroes' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Heroes' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7SGVyb2VzfX0='>Heroes</a></em> third volume, when Hiro meets <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperSpeed' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuperSpeed' data-format='W1tTdXBlclNwZWVkIERhcGhuZV1d'>Daphne</a> after she compromises his time-stop: <div class='indent'><strong>Daphne:</strong> This whole time-stopping thing, how does it work, exactly? I mean, if you chase me to <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Bangkok' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Bangkok' data-format='VXNlZnVsTm90ZXMve3tCYW5na29rfX0='>Bangkok</a>, will time stay frozen in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Tokyo' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Tokyo' data-format='VXNlZnVsTm90ZXMve3tUb2t5b319'>Tokyo</a>?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Hiro:</strong> I don't know.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Daphne:</strong> Well, something to think about when you get back on your feet.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Hiro:</strong> But... I <em>am</em> on my feet. </div></li><li> In an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HowIMetYourMother' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/HowIMetYourMother' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0hvd0lNZXRZb3VyTW90aGVy'>How I Met Your Mother</a></em>, after Ted's girlfriend embarrasses her on air, Robin announces "In other news, later today a Manhattan architect gets punched in the throat". One <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GilliganCut' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GilliganCut' data-format='R2lsbGlnYW5DdXQ='>Gilligan Cut</a> later... </li><li> In the <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ICarly' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ICarly' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0lDYXJseQ=='>iCarly</a></em> episode <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>iFind Lewbert's Lost Love</span>, when Spencer discovers that <span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Chuck</span> is the one who stole all of the TV remotes from the apartments, we get this exchange: <div class='indent'><strong>Spencer:</strong> I'm calling the police<br data-format="\\" /><strong><span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Chuck</span>:</strong> Then you'd better tell them you need a new <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlandNameProduct' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlandNameProduct' data-format='W1tCbGFuZE5hbWVQcm9kdWN0IFBlYXJQaG9uZV1d'>PearPhone</a><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Spencer:</strong> Why, this is the new G5, what's wrong with it? <em>(<span class="spoiler" title="you can set spoilers visible by default on your profile" > Chuck</span> smashes it against the wall.)</em> </div></li><li> The original run of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KnightRider' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/KnightRider' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0tuaWdodFJpZGVy'>Knight Rider</a></em> subverts a Type 2a: corrupt cop pulls over Michael and tries to bring him to his corrupt judge boss on charges of having a broken tail light. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HilarityEnsues' data-format='W1tIaWxhcml0eUVuc3VlcyBLSVRUJiMwMzk7cyB0YWlsIGxpZ2h0cyBhcmUganVzdCBhcyBhcm1vcmVkIGFzIHRoZSByZXN0IG9mIGhpbS5dXQ=='>KITT's tail lights are just as armored as the rest of him.</a> <ul ><li> Played straight in another episode where Michael's boss Devon Miles is pulled over in his Mercedes by a hick sheriff and his deputy for running a concealed stop sign and the deputy promptly busts one of his tail lights to add to the ticket. </li></ul></li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Lost' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Lost' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TG9zdH19'>Lost</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Jones:</strong> Unless you're answering my questions, don't speak. I want you to tell me everything or I'll cut off her other hand.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Juliet:</strong> What?!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sawyer:</strong> Other?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Jones:</strong> The first one isn't negotiable. It's just to illustrate how serious I am. </div><ul ><li> Jones proceeds to yell "Do it!" at his henchman with a machete as Sawyer desperately promises to tell him everything. </li></ul></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse' data-format='RnJhbmNoaXNlL01hcnZlbENpbmVtYXRpY1VuaXZlcnNl'>Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>: <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Daredevil2015' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Daredevil2015' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0RhcmVkZXZpbDIwMTU='>Daredevil (2015)</a></em>: In "Condemned", a crooked NYPD Emergency Service Unit team working for Wilson Fisk storms an abandoned building where Matt Murdock is holed up with Vladimir Ranskahov and a rookie police officer who stumbled upon him. One group of four ESU officers sweeping the second floor comes upon the rookie cop, tied to a column and gagged with duct tape. <div class='indent'><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CopKiller' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CopKiller' data-format='W1tDb3BLaWxsZXIgRVNVIE9mZmljZXJdXQ=='>ESU Officer</a>:</strong> <em>[into radio]</em> Officer Sullivan is dead.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Officer Sullivan:</strong> <em>[muffled]</em> <em><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' data-format='W1tPaENyYXAgSE1NPyFdXQ=='>HMM?!</a></strong></em><br data-format="\\" /><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillerCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillerCop' data-format='W1tLaWxsZXJDb3AgRVNVIE9mZmljZXJdXQ=='>ESU Officer</a>:</strong> I say again, Officer Sullivan is dead.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Officer Sullivan:</strong> NO, I'M FINE! <em><strong><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigNo' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigNo' data-format='W1tCaWdObyBOTyFdXQ=='>NO!</a></strong></em> <em>[The ESU officer produces a small knife and stabs the officer in the neck]</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/IronFist2017' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/IronFist2017' data-format='U2VyaWVzL0lyb25GaXN0MjAxNw=='>Iron Fist (2017)</a></em>: Danny Rand has been brought before the board to deliver a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsistentTerminology' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsistentTerminology' data-format='W1tJbnNpc3RlbnRUZXJtaW5vbG9neSBzdGF0ZW1lbnRdXQ=='>statement</a> regarding his actions, when he was caught on camera apologizing to the mother of a plaintiff in a lawsuit against one of Rand's Staten Island chemical plants. Danny announces that he's shutting down the plant until a proper investigation can be done, but keeping the workers on payroll. Which earns disapproval from the other board members, who are intent on dragging their feet and keeping the plant open: <div class='indent'><strong>Maria Rodriguez:</strong> Danny, you may have a voice on this board. But it's only a voice.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lawrence Wilkins:</strong> Don't expect anyone here to be listening to a kid who got his MBA from a Himalayan monastery.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Joy Meachum:</strong> Lawrence, you don't have to attack him. Danny's plan is...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lawrence Wilkins:</strong> The idiotic dream of a child.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Danny Rand:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Daredevil2015' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Daredevil2015' data-format='W1tTZXJpZXMvRGFyZWRldmlsMjAxNSBLYXJlbiBQYWdlXV0='>Karen Page</a> at the <em>Bulletin</em> seemed to like it.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Donald Hooper:</strong> You already went to the press?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Danny Rand:</strong> She seems to think it's gonna make the front page tomorrow. <em>[Everyone grabs their phones and opens the </em>Bulletin<em> app to find an article headlined "BREAKING NEWS: Rand Shutters Staten Island Chemical Plant, Keeps Workers on Payroll", By Karen Page]</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Monk' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Monk' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7TW9ua319'>Monk</a></em>: <ul ><li> In "Mr. Monk and the Earthquake", Stottlemeyer and Disher capture their suspect, Darryl Wright, as he and his accomplice are trying to kill Sharona. <div class='indent'><strong>Darryl Wright:</strong> Son of a bitch!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Captain Stottlemeyer:</strong> I'm surprised you can talk with a broken jaw.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Darryl Wright:</strong> I don't have a broken jaw!<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Stottlemeyer punches him in the face]</em> </div></li><li> This one from "Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees", when Dewey Jordan and Rob Sherman are staging a burglary of the latter's house. <div class='indent'><strong>Dewey Jordan:</strong> <em>[seeing Sherman pulling a revolver]</em> What's that?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Rob Sherman:</strong> This, uh, this is your gun, Dewey.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dewey Jordan:</strong> My gun? <em>[Sherman promptly conjures a nickel-plated pistol in his right hand]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Rob Sherman:</strong> This one's mine. This is the one that I'm gonna kill the intruder with.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dewey Jordan:</strong> Intruder? <em>[Sherman shoots and kills Dewey with the pistol. His wife comes downstairs, and he shoots her with the revolver, that he then plants in Dewey Jordan's right hand to make it look like he killed the burglar in self-defense]</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkP_OGDCLY0'>One skit<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> from <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MrShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MrShow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL01yU2hvdw=='>Mr. Show</a></em> has a two-fold example: The skit in question concerned a group of mobsters getting into an extended conversation about numbers, in particular how <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TooDumbToLive' data-format='W1tUb29EdW1iVG9MaXZlIDI0IGlzIHRoZSBoaWdoZXN0IG51bWJlcl1d'>24 is the highest number</a>. The don gets infuriated the longer the conversation goes on, especially as numbers higher than 24 (inevitably) get brought up, leading him to threaten to shoot them <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HypocriticalHumor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HypocriticalHumor' data-format='W1tIeXBvY3JpdGljYWxIdW1vciB3aXRoIGhpcyAuNDVdXQ=='>with his .45</a> if they keep it up. When one mobster, Frankie, tries his luck by mentioning "46", the don forces him into a confrontation while another, Danny, mentions "47", prompting the don to snap "I'll deal with you in a minute". And then, when the don tries getting Frankie to say 24 is the largest, Frankie starts panicking in confusion: <div class='indent'><strong>Frankie</strong>: (near tears) I'm so confused anymore! Danny said 47, and I- </div><div class='indent'><strong>Don</strong>: Danny's dead. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Danny</strong>: (stands up) I'm right here, boss- (is shot) </div></li><li> New Zealand drama <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/OutrageousFortune' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/OutrageousFortune' data-format='U2VyaWVzL091dHJhZ2VvdXNGb3J0dW5l'>Outrageous Fortune</a></em> <div class='indent'><strong>Monica</strong>: How about I don't book you for the broken tail light? Call it a warning.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Cheryl</strong>: I don't have a broken tail light.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Monica smashes the tail light out with the breathalyzer.</strong> </div></li><li> In an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Oz' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Oz' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7T3p9fQ=='>Oz</a></em> Clayton Hughes walks up to undercover cop Johnny Basil while he's lifting weights and says, "Your son, do you think he's gonna be okay growing up without a father?" When a nonplussed Basil replies "What?" Hughes stabs him to death. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PersonOfInterest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PersonOfInterest' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1BlcnNvbk9mSW50ZXJlc3Q='>Person of Interest</a></em>. <ul ><li> In the pilot episode, John Reese is being taken off to be killed by <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DirtyCop' data-format='RGlydHlDb3A='>Dirty Cop</a> Fusco. Reese not only tells Fusco he's going to escape, but that Fusco will be working for him from now on. Fusco bursts out laughing...until <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrap' data-format='W1tPaENyYXAgUmVlc2UgcHJvZHVjZXMgYSBncmVuYWRlXV0='>Reese produces a grenade</a>. </li><li> In "Lady Killer", Root spells out to a psychiatrist exactly how she's going to escape from the mental hospital. And then does so. </li><li> When about to make her own escape in "Reassortment", Sameen Shaw tells a prison nurse, "It's not like I'm gonna spill a glass of water on the nightstand, stomp on your foot, throw an elbow to your chin, and stick you with that sedative." She takes down the nurse, then realises the glass of water is undisturbed so knocks it to the floor as well. </li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sherlock' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/Sherlock' data-format='U2VyaWVzL3t7U2hlcmxvY2t9fQ=='>Sherlock</a></em> comes home to find a CIA agent holding Mrs Hudson hostage. He rescues her, ties up the agent, then helpfully explains to the police over the phone that the man has a lot of horribly graphic injuries that have not yet been inflicted. <div class='indent'><strong>Sherlock:</strong> Lestrade? We've had a break-in at Baker Street. Send your least irritating officers, and an ambulance. Oh, no-no-no-no, we're fine. No, it's the, uh, it's the burglar. He's got himself rather badly injured. Oh, a few broken ribs, fractured skull. Suspected punctured lung. He fell out of a window. <em>[Cut to Mrs Hudson's downstairs flat, where John is cleaning her face]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Mrs. Hudson:</strong> Oh, it stings. <em>[The shadow of the CIA agent falls past the window and crashes on top of a dumpster]</em> Oh! That was right on my bins!<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Cut to the agent being driven away in an ambulance as Sherlock stands by Lestrade on the sidewalk]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lestrade:</strong> And exactly how many times <em>did</em> he fall out the window?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sherlock:</strong> Oh, it's all a bit of a blur, Detective Inspector. I lost count. </div></li><li> This happens in an episode of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/That70sShow' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/That70sShow' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoYXQ3MHNTaG93'>That '70s Show</a></em> when Kelso, Hyde and Jackie fight over who Donna gets to take to a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/LedZeppelin' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/LedZeppelin' data-format='TXVzaWMvTGVkWmVwcGVsaW4='>Led Zeppelin</a> concert. Kelso brings a batch of cookies to persuade Donna into taking him: <div class='indent'><strong>Kelso</strong>: Don't touch. Those are for Donna.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Hyde</strong>: Kelso, Donna doesn't want a bunch of dirty cookies.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Kelso</strong>: They're not dirty.<br data-format="\\" /><em>[Hyde kicks them off the table]</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Hyde</strong>: They are now. </div></li><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TrueBlood' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TrueBlood' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RydWVCbG9vZA=='>True Blood</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Luke <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McDonald</span></strong>: How's that lip?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Jason Stackhouse</strong>: It's okay. How's your nose?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Luke <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McDonald</span></strong>: Huh? <em>[Jason punches him in the nose.]</em> </div></li><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E02' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019S01E02' data-format='W1tSZWNhcC9UaGVVbWJyZWxsYUFjYWRlbXkyMDE5UzAxRTAyIHRoZSBzZWNvbmQgZXBpc29kZV1d'>the second episode</a> of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1RoZVVtYnJlbGxhQWNhZGVteTIwMTk='>The Umbrella Academy (2019)</a></em>, Five tries to get information about a glass eye he found from a doctor at the lab where it was made. However, Five <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyLook' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyLook' data-format='W1tPbGRlclRoYW5UaGV5TG9vayBjdXJyZW50bHkgaGFzIHRoZSBib2R5IG9mIGEgdGhpcnRlZW4teWVhci1vbGRdXQ=='>currently has the body of a thirteen-year-old</a>, so things don't go well. He gets his brother, Klaus, to pretend to be his father and tries again. The doctor is still uncooperative, so <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyPloy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyPloy' data-format='W1tJbmR5UGxveSBLbGF1cyBpbXByb3Zpc2VzOl1d'>Klaus improvises:</a> <div class='indent'><strong>Klaus:</strong> Who gave you permission to lay your hands on my son? </div><div class='indent'><strong>Doctor and Five:</strong> What? </div><div class='indent'><strong>Klaus:</strong> You heard me. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Doctor:</strong> I didn't touch your son. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Klaus:</strong> Oh, really? Well, then how did he get that swollen lip, then? </div><div class='indent'><strong>Doctor:</strong> He doesn't have a swollen— </div><div class='indent'><em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WoundedGazelleGambit' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WoundedGazelleGambit' data-format='W1tXb3VuZGVkR2F6ZWxsZUdhbWJpdCAoS2xhdXMgcHVuY2hlcyBGaXZlIGluIHRoZSBmYWNlLildXQ=='>(Klaus punches Five in the face.)</a></em> </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder7');">    Music </div><div id="folder7" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> In <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/RayStevens' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/RayStevens' data-format='TXVzaWMvUmF5U3RldmVucw=='>Ray Stevens</a>'s song "<a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJNZyhRfA4'>Sitting Up With the Dead<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>", a man who died with a crooked back "sits up" during a nocturnal wake. The song amusingly describes the ensuing mass panic. In one passage: <div class='indent'>The preacher nearly knocked me down, he said<br data-format="\\" />"I'm headed out that kitchen door over there."<br data-format="\\" />I said "Rev, that kitchen ain't got no door in it!"<br data-format="\\" />He said "Don't worry son, it will have in a minute!" </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder8');">    Theatre </div><div id="folder8" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> From <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet' data-format='VGhlYXRyZS9Td2VlbmV5VG9kZFRoZURlbW9uQmFyYmVyT2ZGbGVldFN0cmVldA=='>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</a></em>, during the tooth-pulling section of the contest between Todd and Pirelli: <div class='indent'><strong>Pirelli:</strong> You, boy! Get on that chair!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Toby:</strong> Me, sir?! I haven't got a twinge! Not the slightest pain!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Pirelli:</strong> <em>(smack)</em> You do now. </div></li><li> <em>Holy Musical Batman!</em> Batman is beating up two hoods, calling out each damage as he inflicts it. <div class='indent'><strong>Batman:</strong> Shattered tibia! </div><div class='indent'><strong>Hoodlum:</strong> What's a tibia? [crack!] My fucking tibia! </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder9');">    Video Games </div><div id="folder9" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight' data-format='VmlkZW9HYW1lL0JhdG1hbkFya2hhbUtuaWdodA=='>Batman: Arkham Knight</a></em>: Early on in the game, Batman is <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackBauerInterrogationTechnique' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JackBauerInterrogationTechnique' data-format='W1tKYWNrQmF1ZXJJbnRlcnJvZ2F0aW9uVGVjaG5pcXVlIGludGVycm9nYXRpbmddXQ=='>interrogating</a> a thug on Scarecrow's whereabouts; the thug informs him that Scarecrow is working out of a penthouse in Chinatown. <div class='indent'><strong>Batman</strong>: If you're lying, I'll break the other one.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Thug</strong>: The other wha- [<em>Screams as Batman breaks his wrist</em>] </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/CostumeQuest' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/CostumeQuest' data-format='VmlkZW9HYW1lL0Nvc3R1bWVRdWVzdA=='>Costume Quest</a></em>: The first meeting with Dorsilla, where she summons a tornado to get rid of the player: <div class='indent'><strong>Dorsilla:</strong> "What's that? I couldn't hear you over that sudden tornado." *<em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassFingersnap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassFingersnap' data-format='W1tCYWRhc3NGaW5nZXJzbmFwIFNuYXBzIGZpbmdlcnNdXQ=='>Snaps fingers</a></em>*<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Player:</strong> "What sudden t—" *<em>Blown away</em>* </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Hearthstone' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Hearthstone' data-format='VmlkZW9HYW1lL3t7SGVhcnRoc3RvbmV9fQ=='>Hearthstone</a></em>, Medivh's Valet says "Excuse me, you are on fire" when summoned. If his battlecry activates, he will then toss a flame at a designated target. </li><li> On the Crimson Flower route of <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses' data-format='VmlkZW9HYW1lL0ZpcmVFbWJsZW1UaHJlZUhvdXNlcw=='>Fire Emblem: Three Houses</a></em>, the leader of "those who slither in the dark" arrives after the Black Eagle Strike Force captures a strategic Kingdom fortress. When he learns that one of his generals (Edelgard's real target, though she half-heartedly tries to convince him it was a sad case of mis-identification in the chaos of battle and the like) was killed in the raid, he warns that such rash decisions would imperil the future of her unified Empire, sarcastically praying that it doesn't turn into "another Arianrhod". Just a few moments after he says this, his forces destroy the fortress she just captured, killing everyone inside, including a significant number of Imperial troops. </li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder10');">    Webcomics </div><div id="folder10" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SluggyFreelance' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SluggyFreelance' data-format='V2ViY29taWMvU2x1Z2d5RnJlZWxhbmNl'>Sluggy Freelance</a></em>: <div class='indent'><a class='urllink' href='http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990920'>Nerd-boy, I'm sorry for pulling the plug on you while you were dying in the hospital.<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> </div></li><li> When Xykon breaks Roy's sword in <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick' data-format='V2ViY29taWMvVGhlT3JkZXJPZlRoZVN0aWNr'>The Order of the Stick</a></em>. </li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja' data-format='V2ViY29taWMvVGhlQWR2ZW50dXJlc09mRHJNY05pbmph'>The Adventures of Dr. McNinja</a></em>: <div class='indent'>"<a class='urllink' href='http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=3&issue=4'>It's got a higher alcohol content than most American beers. And maybe that will help sterilize the cuts on your face.<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>"<br data-format="\\" />"Uh, what cuts, my man?"<br data-format="\\" /><em>(SMASH)</em><br data-format="\\" />"I have no idea". </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SchlockMercenary' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SchlockMercenary' data-format='V2ViY29taWMvU2NobG9ja01lcmNlbmFyeQ=='>Schlock Mercenary</a></em>: <ul ><li> During the negotiations for repairs to the <em>Touch And Go</em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Daysun-Tingo Robot</strong>: Agreed, but [the amount due] must be adjusted back up a bit to account for the two Daysun-Tingo robots you've destroyed.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Captain Tagon</strong>: You can take my terms as they are, or you can adjust the payment up to account for the destruction of <em>three</em> Daysun-Tingo robots.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Daysun-Tingo Robot</strong>: But you've only... <em>oh</em>. Your terms are fine as-is. </div></li><li> Also, Doctor Bunnigus <a class='urllink' href='http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-02-10'>predicting her Captain is about to fall down<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>. <div class='indent'><strong>Doctor Bunnigus</strong>: Also, you're about to fall down.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Captain Tagon</strong>: Again, how do you know that <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NonSequiturThud' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NonSequiturThud' data-format='W1tOb25TZXF1aXR1clRodWQgZm8gc2hpenpsZW1waF1d'>fo shizzlemph</a>.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Doctor Bunnigus</strong>: A strong hunch and a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantSedation' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InstantSedation' data-format='W1tJbnN0YW50U2VkYXRpb24gZmFzdCBzZWRhdGl2ZV1d'>fast sedative</a>. </div></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Homestuck' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/Homestuck' data-format='V2ViY29taWMve3tIb21lc3R1Y2t9fQ=='>Homestuck</a></em>: "Don't bleed on the suits." "<a class='urllink' href='http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003160'>Huh?"<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> <ul ><li> <a class='urllink' href='http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003167'>Hold still, Slick.<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyeScream' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyeScream' data-format='W1tFeWVTY3JlYW0gU29tZXRoaW5nIGluIHlvdXIgZXllLl1d'>Something in your eye.</a> </li></ul></li><li> <em>Lyra-Lyra's Bizarre Adventure</em> gives us how Queen Chrysalis' fight with Rainbow Dash's <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SerialNumbersFiledOff' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SerialNumbersFiledOff' data-format='W1tTZXJpYWxOdW1iZXJzRmlsZWRPZmYgVmFuZ3VhcmRpYW5dXQ=='>Vanguardian</a> ends. <div class='indent'> <strong>Robo Dash</strong>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnyLastWords' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnyLastWords' data-format='W1tBbnlMYXN0V29yZHMgWW91ciBsYXN0IHdvcmRzP11d'>Your last words?</a> </div><div class='indent'> <strong>Chrysalis</strong>: <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat' data-format='W1tBcmVZb3VTdXJlWW91V2FudFRvRG9UaGF0IEFyZSB5b3Ugc3VyZSBhYm91dCB0aGlzP11d'>Are you sure about this?</a> If I speak now... you'll end up letting go... and <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KneelBeforeZod' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KneelBeforeZod' data-format='W1tLbmVlbEJlZm9yZVpvZCBrbmVlbGluZyBiZWZvcmUgbWVdXQ=='>kneeling before me</a>. </div><div class='indent'> <strong>Robo Dash</strong>: Is that supposed to be a joke? <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BloodKnight' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BloodKnight' data-format='W1tCbG9vZEtuaWdodCBJJiMwMzk7bSBhYm91dCB0byByaXAgeW91IHRvIHNocmVkcy5dXQ=='>I'm about to rip you to shreds.</a> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakThemByTalking' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakThemByTalking' data-format='W1tCcmVha1RoZW1CeVRhbGtpbmcgQW5kIHlvdSB0aGluayB3b3JkcyBjYW4gZGVmZWF0IG1lP11d'>And you think words can defeat me?</a> Go ahead! </div><div class='indent'>*Chrysalis <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnreveal' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheUnreveal' data-format='W1tUaGVVbnJldmVhbCB3aGlzcGVyc11d'>whispers</a> the six words, and Dash does release Chrysalis* </div><div class='indent'> <strong>Chrysalis</strong>: Better. But didn't you forget something? </div><div class='indent'> *Dash kneels* </div><div class='indent'> <strong>Chrysalis</strong>: Good girl. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SequentialArt' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SequentialArt' data-format='V2ViY29taWMvU2VxdWVudGlhbEFydA=='>Sequential Art</a></em> <a class='urllink' href='http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=111'>has<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a> a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClothingDamage' data-format='W1tDbG90aGluZ0RhbWFnZSB2YXJpYXRpb25dXQ=='>variation</a> when <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatGirl' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CatGirl' data-format='W1tDYXRHaXJsIEthdF1d'>Kat</a> wanted to go shopping: <div class='indent'><strong>Art</strong>: My wardrobe is fine. I don't need any new— </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder11');">    Web Original </div><div id="folder11" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> Someone within the impenetrable depths of the <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RoundRobin' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RoundRobin' data-format='Um91bmRSb2Jpbg=='>Round Robin</a> website <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Addventure' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/Addventure' data-format='V2Vic2l0ZS97e0FkZHZlbnR1cmV9fQ=='>Addventure</a></em>, there is a part where your character is dealing with a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jerkass' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Jerkass' data-format='e3tKZXJrYXNzfX0='>Jerkass</a> Ronald <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>McDonald</span> in a restaurant. At one point, you find a coupon in your Happy Meal which makes you eligible to become king of the world. When you show it off, Ronald promptly declares that tickets snapped in two are not accepted. When you protest that it isn't snapped, Ronald immediately tears it. "Well, now it IS!" </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/WheezyWaiter' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebVideo/WheezyWaiter' data-format='V2ViVmlkZW8vV2hlZXp5V2FpdGVy'>Wheezy Waiter</a> episode <a class='urllink' href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33wlr3ZFbq4'>"The Poe Toaster"<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>. <div class='indent'><strong>Clone:</strong> I miss the Poe Toaster. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Craig:</strong> I miss it when you explode. </div><div class='indent'><strong>Clone:</strong> But I've never exploded. Oh, I see what you're getting at- (Explodes.) </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/HomestarRunner' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/HomestarRunner' data-format='V2ViQW5pbWF0aW9uL0hvbWVzdGFyUnVubmVy'>Homestar Runner</a></em> managed to invert this one: <div class='indent'><strong>Bubs:</strong> Saying 'sbu' makes me lose my super power.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Strong Bad:</strong> What's your super power?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Bubs:</strong> Being able to fly.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Strong Bad</strong>: <em>(excitedly)</em> You can fly?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Bubs:</strong> Not anymore. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/ASDFMovie' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/ASDFMovie' data-format='V2ViQW5pbWF0aW9uL0FTREZNb3ZpZQ=='>ASDF Movie</a></em> <ul ><li> From 3 </li></ul><div class='indent'><strong>Man:</strong> <em>(points to another man's face and gasps)</em> There's something on your face! <em>(punches him)</em> It was pain! </div><ul ><li> From 7 </li></ul><div class='indent'><strong>Brian:</strong> Hey, Stacey, do you wanna go to the Prom with me?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stacey:</strong> Uhh... I'm sorry, but I'm a ghost.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brian:</strong> But, you're not de- <em>(Gunshot offscreen, blood splatters over Brian)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stacey's ghost:</strong> <em>(floats upwards)</em> Bye, Brian... </div></li><li> In <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/RedVsBlue' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebAnimation/RedVsBlue' data-format='V2ViQW5pbWF0aW9uL1JlZFZzQmx1ZQ=='>Red vs. Blue</a></em> Season 13, Felix has this exchange after he is picked up by a military prisoner transport ship. <div class='indent'><strong>Mayers:</strong> Truth be told, no one gives a rat's ass about the people on this ship. Anybody out there really wanted 'em, they could have 'em.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Felix:</strong> Alright. I'll take 'em.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stassney:</strong> What, uh... what'cha mean?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Felix:</strong> I mean, I'm going to kill you... and take your prisoners. </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder12');">    Western Animation </div><div id="folder12" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9UaGVOZXdBZHZlbnR1cmVzT2ZXaW5uaWVUaGVQb29o'>The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh</a></em>; the gang try to open a treasure chest by dropping it on an anvil at Piglet's house: <div class='indent'><strong>Piglet:</strong> Where'd it go?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tigger:</strong> In the basement.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Piglet:</strong> But I don't have a basement.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Tigger:</strong> You do now. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9UaGVBbWF6aW5nV29ybGRPZkd1bWJhbGw='>The Amazing World of Gumball</a></em>: During "The Words", Darwin becomes far too assertive and gets utterly tired of Teri's hypochondria and fear of germs flaring up: <div class='indent'><strong>Darwin:</strong> Oh my gosh! Your hand, it's covered in germs!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Teri:</strong> What!? WHERE!?<br data-format="\\" /><em>(Darwin slowly licks Teri's hand)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Darwin:</strong> <em>There.</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Teri:</strong> ....nnnyyyaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA<strong>AAAAAAAAAH</strong>! </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AmericanDad' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AmericanDad' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9BbWVyaWNhbkRhZA=='>American Dad!</a></em>: "<a class='urllink' href='http://www.hulu.com/watch/1027/american-dad-run-nathan-run#s-p6-n1-sr-i1'>Rough Trade<img src="https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/external_link.gif" height="12" width="12" style="border:none;" /></a>" <div class='indent'><strong>Stan:</strong> Mad? Why would I be mad? Just because I'm being held without bail for domestic abuse, animal cruelty, child pornography, and attempted murder?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Roger:</strong> Attempted murder?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stan:</strong> I'LL KILL YOU! </div><ul ><li> In "100 A.D.": <div class='indent'><strong>Stan:</strong> Jeff, you're not good enough for our daughter. You have no job, no home and no future! Plus you're always wiping your face.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Jeff:</strong> No, I'm not...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stan:</strong> <em>sprays Jeff with a hose</em> </div></li><li> "Familyland": <div class='indent'><strong>Roger:</strong> They all ditched you. Not me, though! I just rudely walked away while you were talking.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Francine:</strong> What? When did you — oh, I get it. </div></li><li> "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses": Steve and Roger have switched faces so that Roger can make a girl Steve likes be interested in him. Roger decides that he would rather just keep dating her, but Steve demands they switch faces. <div class='indent'><strong>Roger:</strong> Yeah, yeah, you make a good point. Okay, we'll switch faces just as soon as I fix this lamp.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Steve:</strong> What's wrong with it?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Roger:</strong> It's broken. <em>(smashes the lamp over Steve's head)</em> </div></li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Arthur' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Arthur' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi97e0FydGh1cn19'>Arthur</a></em>. <div class='indent'><strong>D.W.</strong>: Speaking of birthdays...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Arthur</strong>: Who's speaking of birthdays?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>D.W.</strong>: No one, but now that you mention it, my birthday is coming up. </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9GYW1pbHlHdXk='>Family Guy</a></em>: <ul ><li> In the episode "Road to Rhode Island": <div class='indent'><strong>Brian</strong>: I just need some time to think. Alright?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stewie</strong>: Oh, yes. You have got lots to think about, haven't you? Public drunkenness, grand theft auto...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brian</strong>: You left out the part where I made you smash your head against the windshield.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stewie</strong>: Huh, I don't recall—<br data-format="\\" />(Brian slams on the brakes, which propels Stewie forward into the windshield)<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stewie</strong>: Well, I suppose I walked right into that one. </div></li><li> In "Cool Hand Peter", a Southern sheriff breaks the guys' headlight. <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome' data-format='W1tTdWdhcldpa2kvTW9tZW50T2ZBd2Vzb21lIExhdGVyLCBKb2UgcmV0dXJucyB0aGUgZmF2b3IgdG8gaGltLl1d'>Later, Joe returns the favor to him.</a> <div class='indent'><strong>Joe:</strong> And I see you've got a flesh wound. <em>(shoots him in the leg)</em> </div></li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeconstructedTrope' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeconstructedTrope' data-format='e3tEZWNvbnN0cnVjdGVkfFRyb3BlfX0='>Deconstructed</a> in the episode, "Brian's a Bad Father": <div class='indent'><strong>Security Guard</strong> (at the studio where Brian's son Dylan works): Sorry, Brian, Dylan says he doesn't want to see you anymore. We're not allowed to let you in.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brian:</strong> Well, you know what? I'm sorry, too.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Security Guard:</strong> For what?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Brian:</strong> For this!<br data-format="\\" />(Brian takes a swing at the security guard, but the guard catches Brian's arm and then hits Brian with his baton)<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stewie:</strong> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging' data-format='W1tMYW1wc2hhZGVIYW5naW5nIFllYWgsIHlvdSBrbm93LCB5b3UgcHJvYmFibHkgd291bGQmIzAzOTt2ZSBoYWQgYSBiZXR0ZXIgc2hvdCBpZiB5b3UgaGFkbiYjMDM5O3QgeWVsbGVkICJGb3IgdGhpcyEiIFlvdSBrbm93LCB0aGF0Li4udGhhdCBraW5kIG9mIHRlbGVncmFwaGVkIHdoYXQgeW91IHdlcmUgZ29ubmEgZG9dXQ=='>Yeah, you know, you probably would've had a better shot if you hadn't yelled "For this!" You know, that...that kind of telegraphed what you were gonna do</a>. </div></li><li> In one scene, Meg asks a boy out on a date while they're in shop class. He says, "Sorry, but I'll be in the hospital" and then shoots himself with his nail gun. </li></ul></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/GravityFalls' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/GravityFalls' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9HcmF2aXR5RmFsbHM='>Gravity Falls</a></em>: <div class='indent'><strong>Stan:</strong> Kid, if you're trying to see my tattoo, you're going to have to try harder than that.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dipper:</strong> A-ha! I thought you said you didn't have a tattoo!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Stan:</strong> I don't, but you do. <em>(pulls out a marker)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dipper:</strong> What do you mean I— <em>(yells as Stan reaches for him)</em><br data-format="\\" /><em>(cut to later; shows that Stan wrote "GOOBER" on Dipper's forehead)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9NZWdhTWFuUnVieVNwZWFycw=='>Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)</a></em>, "Ice Age": <div class='indent'><strong>Ice Man:</strong> We just came by to get out of the storm.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Guard robot:</strong> There's no storm.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Ice Man:</strong> There is <em>now! (freezes the guard)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RobotChicken' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/RobotChicken' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9Sb2JvdENoaWNrZW4='>Robot Chicken</a></em>: In their <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwentyFour' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TwentyFour' data-format='U2VyaWVzL1R3ZW50eUZvdXI='>24</a></em> parody featuring Dracula as Jack Bauer, Drac drains several terrorists to figure out which plane they've planted a bomb on. After he deals with them, he calls his superiors and announces that he stopped the terrorists, "but all the passengers are dead." The flight attendant cheerfully points out that no one is dead, and her smile fades as Dracula hangs up the call and she realizes his plan. </li><li> <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/ScrewySquirrel' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9TY3Jld3lTcXVpcnJlbA=='>Screwy Squirrel</a> vs. the asylum guard dog: <div class='indent'><strong>Squirrel:</strong> Here, take this aspirin.<br data-format="\\" /><em>(dog complies)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Dog:</strong> Wait, I don't have a headache!<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Squirrel:</strong> Oh, yes, you have! <em>(<a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperspaceMallet' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperspaceMallet' data-format='W1tIeXBlcnNwYWNlTWFsbGV0IHB1bGxzIG91dCBhIG1hbGxldF1d'>pulls out a mallet</a>)</em> </div></li><li> More than once, <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9EYWZmeUR1Y2s='>Daffy Duck</a> would pull a similar stunt, claiming he was performing phrenology. <div class='indent'><strong>Daffy Duck</strong>: <em>(impersonating Jerry Colonna)</em> Let me read the bumps on your head. No bumps. We make some! <em>(cue baseball bat)</em> </div></li><li> <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9UaGVTaW1wc29ucw=='>The Simpsons</a></em>: <ul ><li> Chief Wiggum tears down Bart's T-shirt stand since he doesn't have a license to do so. Then he busts one of the lights on Bart's sneakers. </li><li> From "White Christmas Blues", when Martin Prince notices that Comic Book Guy's robot standee is wearing mittens. <div class='indent'><strong>Martin:</strong> Why would a robot need to wear mittens?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Comic Book Guy:</strong> Why would a nerd need aspirin?<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Martin:</strong> I don't know. <em>(gets hit on the head with a rolled-up comic book)</em> </div></li><li> From the episode "She Used To Be My Girl", when Lisa and Bart are sneaking out of the house on the tree outside their bedrooms: <div class='indent'><strong>Lisa:</strong> Thanks for helping me make up my mind.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Bart:</strong> Thanks for cushioning my fall.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lisa:</strong> I didn't cushion your—<br data-format="\\" />(Bart lands on her) </div></li><li> In "Burns' Heir", Mr. Burns dares Lenny to come up with a good excuse not to be fired <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConstrainedWriting' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConstrainedWriting' data-format='W1tDb25zdHJhaW5lZFdyaXRpbmcgd2l0aG91dCB1c2luZyB0aGUgbGV0dGVyIEVdXQ=='>without using the letter E</a>: <div class='indent'><strong>Lenny:</strong> Uh, I'm a... good... work... guy...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Mr. Burns:</strong> You're fired.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lenny:</strong> But I didn't say...<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Mr. Burns:</strong> You will. <em>(presses a <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrapDoor' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TrapDoor' data-format='VHJhcERvb3I='>Trap Door</a> button)</em><br data-format="\\" /><strong>Lenny:</strong> <em>(falling)</em> <span class='esc-seq' title='non-wikiword'>EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee</span>! </div></li></ul></li><li> Happened to the girls on <em><a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TotallySpies' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/TotallySpies' data-format='V2VzdGVybkFuaW1hdGlvbi9Ub3RhbGx5U3BpZXM='>Totally Spies!</a></em>, when the villain of the week opted for the "leave them stranded in <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SharkPool' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SharkPool' data-format='W1tTaGFya1Bvb2wgc2hhcmstaW5mZXN0ZWQgd2F0ZXJdXQ=='>shark-infested water</a>" <a class='twikilink' href='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathTrap' title='/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathTrap' data-format='RGVhdGhUcmFw'>Death Trap</a>. <div class='indent'><strong>Henchman:</strong> if I were you, I'd be concerned about that hole in your boat.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Sam:</strong> There's no hole in this boat.<br data-format="\\" /><strong>Henchman:</strong> You're right. <em>(punctures the bottom with a two-pronged pitchfork)</em> There's <em>two</em> holes. </div></li></ul></div> </p><p><div class="folderlabel" onclick="togglefolder('folder13');">    Real Life </div><div id="folder13" class="folder" isfolder="true" style="display:block;"> <ul ><li> In the law of contract, the doctrine of anticipatory repudiation works kind of like this: Suppose a baker and a flour wholesaler have an ongoing contract for the sale of flour: <div class='indent'><strong>Baker</strong>: I can't buy your flour anymore. <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Wholesaler</strong>: Wait, what? <br data-format="\\" /><strong>Baker</strong>: I'm going out of business. I'm not buying your flour. Bye! </div><dl ><dt> </dt><dd> What makes this similar to the trope is that whether or not the repudiating party (here, the baker) has breached the contract depends entirely on what the non-repudiating party (here, the wholesaler) chooses—they have the option of treating the repudiation as a breach and suing for damages, or treating it as a threat and simply demanding performance (so the wholesaler can choose to either sue the baker for the contract price of the flour the wholesaler never got to sell, or it can simply tell the baker, "Cool story, bro, but I'm still gonna send you flour next week and you'd better pay for it"). </dd></dl></li></ul></div> </p><p><em>It's OK, by the way, you can put the monitor down.</em> <hr data-format='——' /> </p></div> <div class="lazy-video-script"> <a id="VideoExamples"></a> <div> </div> <div class="video-examples has-thumbnails"> <div class="video-examples-header"> <a href="#feedback" class="font-s float-right text-blue" data-modal-target="login" >Feedback</a> <h3 class="bold">Video Example(s):</h3> </div> <div class="video-examples-featured"> <div class="example_video_box"> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="rarjsq" data-video-descrip="Bond enters a room with a wheelchair." data-video-title="Bond with a Wheelchair" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/rarjsq_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/rarjsq.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/rarjsq.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rarjsq.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/PreemptiveDeclaration" data-video-tropename="Pre-emptive Declaration" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="4.80" data-video-rating-count="5" data-video-media-sources="Film/DieAnotherDay" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link featured-widget-vid"> <div class="featured-widget-vid-iframe"> <div id="tvtropes_no_volume_player" data-video-image="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/rarjsq.jpg" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/rarjsq_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/rarjsq.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/rarjsq.m3u8" data-controls="0" data-muted="1"> <script> tropes_videos_commands.push(function(){ new_video_project.load_video("tvtropes_no_volume_player", false); }); </script> </div> </div> </a> </div> <h2 class="bold font-l">Bond with a Wheelchair</h2> <p class="_pmvv-vidbox-descTxt"> Bond enters a room with a wheelchair. </p> </div> <div class="video-examples-thumbs"> <a href="#video-link" data-video-id="bsxu59" data-video-descrip="Brian brings up the time he smashed Stewie's head against the windshield." data-video-title="Road to Rhode Island" data-video-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/qvbr/bsxu59_640x360p_qvbr.mp4" data-mpd-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/dash/bsxu59.mpd" data-hls-url="https://d1w6li7s85ibls.cloudfront.net/hls/bsxu59.m3u8" data-video-thumbnail="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bsxu59.jpg" data-video-trope="Main/PreemptiveDeclaration" data-video-tropename="Pre-emptive Declaration" data-video-approval="APPROVED" data-video-troper-rating="" data-video-average-rating="" data-video-rating-count="" data-video-media-sources="Recap/FamilyGuyS2E13RoadToRhodeIsland,WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy" class="video-launch-link video-overlay-link video-background-image lazy-image" data-src="https://static.tvtropes.org/trope_videos_transcoded/images/sd/bsxu59.jpg"> <p><span class="bold">Road to Rhode I...</span></p> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="alt-titles section section-fact"> <h3> <strong>Alternative Title(s):</strong> <span>Your Blank Is Broken</span>, <span>Your X Is Broken</span> </h3> </div> <div class="section-links" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement"> <div class="titles"> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Previous</h3></div> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Index</h3></div> <div><h3 class="text-center text-uppercase">Next</h3></div> </div> <div class="links"> <ul> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortentOfDoom">Portent of Doom</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FateAndProphecyTropes">Fate and Prophecy Tropes</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrescienceIsPredictable">Prescience Is Predictable</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/ThatDeafGuy">That Deaf Guy</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ImageSource/WebcomicsMToZ">ImageSource/Webcomics M To Z</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ShipperOnDeck/FanWorks">Fan Works</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PredatoryBusiness">Predatory Business</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/RenamedTropes/LToP">RenamedTropes/L to P</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrefersGoingBarefoot">Prefers Going Barefoot</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <script> if( document.getElementById('user-prefs').classList.contains('folders-open') ){ console.log('open all folders'); 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